# Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From the Republic of Türkiye: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
**AGENCY:**
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
**SUMMARY:**
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain producers/exporters sold common alloy aluminum sheet (aluminum sheet) from the Republic of Türkiye (Türkiye) in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024. Additionally, Commerce is rescinding this administrative review with respect to three companies under review. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
**DATES:**
Applicable August 8, 2025.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Gene H. Calvert, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3586.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**Background**
On April 27, 2021, Commerce published in the *Federal Register* the antidumping duty order on common alloy aluminum sheet from Türkiye. [^1] On April 1, 2024, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the *Order,* pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). [^2] On June 12, 2024, based on timely requests for a review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(i), Commerce initiated an administrative review of the *Order,* covering eight producers/exporters. [^3]
[^1]*See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from Bahrain, Brazil, Croatia, Egypt, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Oman, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Southern Africa, Spain, Taiwan and the Republic of Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders,* 86 FR 22139 (April 27, 2021) ( *Order* ).
[^2]*See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List,* 89 FR 22390 (April 1, 2024).
[^3] These companies are: (1) ASAS Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (ASAS); (2) Assan Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.; (3) Kibar Americas, Inc. (Kibar Americas); (4) Kibar Dis Ticaret A.S. (Kibar Dis); (5) Panda Aluminyum A.S. (Panda); (6) PMS Metal Profil Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (PMS Metal); (7) TAC Metal Ticaret Anonim Sirketi (TAC Metal); and (8) Teknik Aluminyum Sanayi A.S. (Teknik). *See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,* 89 FR 49844 (June 12, 2024).
The mandatory respondents are: (1) Assan Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., Kibar Americas, and Kibar Dis (collectively, Assan) and (2) Teknik. On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days. [^4] On November 27, 2024, Commerce extended the deadline for these preliminary results by 120 days. [^5] On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative review by an additional 90 days. [^6] The current deadline for the preliminary results of this review is August 5, 2025. [^7]
[^4]*See* Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated July 22, 2024.
[^5]*See* Memorandum, “Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,” dated November 27, 2024.
[^6]*See* Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated December 9, 2024.
[^7]*Id.*
For a detailed description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, *see* the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. [^8] A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is available via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at *https://access.trade.gov.* In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at *https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.*
[^8]*See* Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from the Republic of Türkiye; 2023-2024,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
**Scope of the Order**
The merchandise subject to the *Order* is aluminum sheet from Türkiye. For a complete description of the scope of the *Order, see* the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
**Partial Rescission of Administrative Review**
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to rescind an administrative review of an AD order where it determines that there were no suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR. Thus, normally, upon completion of an administrative review, suspended entries of subject merchandise are liquidated at the AD assessment rate calculated for the review period. [^9] Therefore, for an administrative review to be conducted, there must be a suspended entry that Commerce can instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the calculated AD assessment rate for the review period. [^10] Commerce may rescind an administrative review if it concludes that, during the period covered by the review, there were no entries, exports, or sales of subject merchandise, as the case may be. [^11]
[^9]*See* 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
[^10]*See, e.g., Shanghai Sunbeauty Trading Co.* v. *United States,* 380 F. Supp. 3d 1328, 1335-36 (CIT 2019) (referring to section 741(a) of the Act, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) held that: “While the statute does not explicitly require that an entry be suspended as a prerequisite for establishing entitlement to a review, it does explicitly state the determined rate will be used as the liquidated rate for the review entries. This result can only obtain if the liquidation of entries has been suspended”); *see also Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review And Final Determination of No Shipments;* 2018-2019, 86 Fr 36102 (July 8, 2021), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 4; and *Solid Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate from the Russian Federation: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,* 77 FR 65532 (October 29, 2012) (noting that “for an administrative review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry to be liquidated at the newly calculated assessment rate”).
[^11]*See, e.g., Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic of Korea: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022,* 88 FR 24758 (April 24, 2023); *see also Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to Length Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2021,* 88 FR 4157 (January 24, 2023).
The entry data that Commerce obtained from CBP showed no suspended entries of subject merchandise from Panda, PMS Metals, and TAC Metals. On July 29, 2025, Commerce notified interested parties of our intent to rescind this administrative review with respect to these three companies. [^12] No interested party commented on our intent to rescind this administrative review with respect to Panda, PMS Metals, and TAC Metals. Therefore, in the absence of any suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR from Panda, PMS Metals, and TAC Metals, Commerce is rescinding this administrative review with respect to these three companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3) and (4).
[^12]*See* Memorandum, “Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In Part,” dated July 29, 2025.
**Methodology**
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 751(a)(2) of the Act. We calculated constructed export price in accordance with section 772(a) of the Act. We calculated NV in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying these preliminary results, *see* the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
**Rate for Companies Not Individually Examined**
Generally, when calculating margins for non-selected respondents, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act for guidance, which provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in an investigation. Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that when calculating the all-others rate, Commerce will exclude any zero and *de minimis* weighted-average dumping margins, as well as any weighted-average dumping margins based on total facts available. Accordingly, Commerce's usual practice has been to average the margins for selected respondents, excluding margins that are zero, *de minimis,* or based entirely on facts available. In this review, we calculated a weighted-average dumping margin of 3.87 percent for Assan and 14.16 percent for Teknik. In accordance with section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, Commerce has assigned the weighted average of these two calculated weighted-average dumping margins based on their publicly ranged sales data, 9.01 percent, to ASAS Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (ASAS), the non-selected company, in these preliminary results.
**Preliminary Results of the Review**
We preliminarily determine the following weighted-average dumping margins for the period April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.
| Exporter or producer | Weight-average |
| --- | --- |
| Assan Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. | 3.87 |
| Teknik Aluminyum Sanayi A.S. | 14.16 |
| Review-Specific Rate for Non-Examined Companies: | |
| ASAS Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. | 9.01 |
**Disclosure**
We intend to disclose the calculations performed to interested parties for the preliminary results of review within five days of public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this notice in the *Federal Register* in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
**Public Comment**
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. [^13] Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties to submit case briefs to Commerce no later than 21 days after the date of the publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than seven days after the date for filing case briefs. [^14] Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) a statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities. [^15]
[^13]*See* 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); *see also* 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
[^14]*See* 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1) and (2); *see also Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19,* 85 FR 17006, 17007 (March 26, 2020).
[^15]*See* 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
As provided to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages total, including footnotes. In this administrative review, we instead request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs. [^16] Further, we request that interested parties limit their executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the public executive summary of each issue.
[^16] We use the term “issue” here to describe an argument that Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; (3) whether any participant is a foreign national; and (4) a list of issues the party intends to discuss. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case and rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a date and time to be determined. [^17]
[^17]*See* 19 CFR 351.310(c).
All submissions, including case and rebuttal briefs, should be filed via ACCESS. [^18] An electronically filed document must be received successfully by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline. Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirement pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).
[^18]*See* 19 CFR 351.303.
**Final Results of Review**
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative review, including the results of its analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
**Assessment Rates**
Upon completion of this administrative review, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of this review. Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this administrative review in the *Federal Register* . If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired ( *i.e.,* within 90 days of publication).
If Assan's or Teknik's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or *de minimis* ( *i.e.,* less than 0.50 percent) in the final results of this review, Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales to the total entered value of those sales. Where we do not have entered values for all U.S. sales to a particular importer, we will calculate an importer-specific, per-unit assessment rate on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total quantity of those sales. [^19] To determine whether an importer-specific, per-unit assessment rate is *de minimis,* in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also will calculate an importer-specific *ad valorem* ratio based on estimated entered values. If either Assan's or Teknik's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or *de minimis* or where an importer-specific *ad valorem* assessment rate is zero or *de minimis,* we will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. [^20]
[^19]*See* 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
[^20]*See* 19 CFR 352.106(c)(2); *see also Antidumping Proceeding: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification,* 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
In accordance with Commerce's “automatic assessment” practice, for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Assan or Teknik for which they did not know that the merchandise was destined for the United States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the all-others rate in the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. [^21]
[^21] For a full discussion of this practice, *see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,* 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
For ASAS, which was not selected for individual review, we will assign an assessment rate based on the review-specific rate, calculated as noted in the “Rate for Companies Not Individually Examined” section, above. The final results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable. [^22]
[^22]*See* section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
For Panda, PMS Metals, and TAC Metals for which Commerce is rescinding this review, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the POR in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). Commerce intends to issue rescission instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the publication of these preliminary results in the *Federal Register* .
**Cash Deposit Requirements**
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of this administrative review in the *Federal Register* , as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the company-specific cash deposit rate for Assan, Teknik, and ASAS will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results of this review for each respondent (except, if that rate is *de minimis,* then the cash deposit rate will be zero); (2) for producers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recently-completed segment of this proceeding in which they were reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review or a prior segment of the proceeding but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 4.85 percent, the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value investigation. [^23] These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
[^23]*See Order,* 85 FR at 17866.
**Notification to Importers**
This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties, and/or an increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of the countervailing duties.
**Notification to Interested Parties**
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: August 1, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
**Appendix**
**List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum**
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the *Order*
IV. Affiliation
V. Discussion of Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation